41.   Authorities have cut off the local water supply, and have begun pumping water from a neighboring region, the Interfax news agency said.

42.   Barracks of the paramilitary Civil Guard have regularly been attacked with grenades by the armed group ETA which demands the independence of the neighboring Basque region.

43.   Both brothers head neighboring regions in Siberia.

44.   But he has been unable to stem a wave of kidnappings and other crimes that has plagued Chechnya and often spilled into neighboring regions.

45.   But despite the heavy troop presence, Chechen gangs have been freely roaming neighboring regions, carrying out kidnappings and other attacks.

46.   But the heavy troop presence has failed to prevent Chechen gangs from freely roaming neighboring regions, carrying out kidnappings and other attacks.

47.   But Russia sent troops into the territory again last September, after Chechnya-based militants invaded the neighboring region of Dagestan.

48.   Chechen and Russian police were to begin joint patrols of the borders between Chechnya and neighboring regions this month.

49.   Chechen officials said the holiday was attended by delegations from some neighboring Russian regions in the Caucasus, as well as representatives of Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

50.   Chechen gunmen clashed with Russian police in a neighboring region Tuesday.